Category: Barry Finlay

Road to the CIC Hearing Aid

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Audiologists / Barry Finlay / CIC / Deep canal / Ear canal / Ear Impressions / Hearing / Hearing aids / Hearing instrument / In-the-Canal / ITC (in-the-canal) / Middle ear implants / Peritympanic / Philips Hearing Instruments / Philips XP / Tympanic membrane / Wayne J. Staab / Wayne Staab / XP Peritympanic

Part II – XP Peritympanic Impact Leading to the CIC Hearing Aid   This post is a continuation of a blog from a couple of weeks ago describing the road to the development of the CIC (completely-in-the-canal) hearing aid. What started as an effort to reduce the occlusion effect for ITC (in-the-canal) style hearing aids, led…

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CIC History

Wayne Staab 2 Comments Barry Finlay / Behind-the-Ear / CIC / Deep canal / Hearing / Hearing aid / Hearing aids / IIE / In-the-Canal / In-the-Ear / Josef Zwislocki / Mead Killion / Peritympanic / RIC / RITE / Zwislocki Coupler

From “Going Deep” to the CIC (completely-in-canal) Hearing Aid     Hearing aids are available in a wide variety of sizes, configurations, and styles.  Styles include BTE (behind-the-ear), RIC/RITE (receiver-in-canal/receiver-in-the-ear), thin tube, ITE (in-the-ear), ITC (in-the-canal), CIC (completely-in-canal), IIE (invisible-in-ear), and other variations. While all seem to have their place in the fitting process, it is…

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